i oversalted my fries at the local sandwich shop tonight after public speaking. this OOC apparently knows the feeling

i once managed to dump an entire shaker's worth of pepper in the chicken alfredo i was making in culinary

fairly demonic imo

I think everyone should just stop taking everything so seriously and being over-analytical.

Sprinkle some salt over your fries and have a snack.

Errbdy knows the BEST way to deal with demons is some spirit detective.

A mulberry is a tree, Kuwabara is a man, and men OBJECTIVELY > meshis

your move, marine man

Impeccable citation format Onarax xD

A mulberry is a tree, Kuwabara is a man, and men OBJECTIVELY > meshis

your move, marine man

I don't know what the hell you just said, but little pet peeve of mine.

http://www.marines.mil/Portals/59/Publications/MCO%205216.20.pdf

Chapter 11, Section 11101, Line 1. -> 'Marine' when in regards to the United States Marine Corps is considered a proper noun and must be capitalized as such. Rah?

Aside. Yusuke gon gitchu wit his fingas. Huehuehue.

Today I learned that Evil Spirits are not actually Evil Spirits.

Who knew?

What I actually said was that based on culture, translation and mis-translation, context, time period, superstition and religious practices Evil Spirits could mean anything from demons beating down your door to stubbing your toe on the kitchen door.

There was a book I read (sparring you unnecessary plot points) a man was re-thatching his roof after it started leaking when he fell off the ladder and cracked his skull open. The villagers all believed that his wife was a witch and had cursed him to die. If you take that and translate it through a couple of different languages taken out of context it could very easily become "the man was attacked by evil spirits set on him by his wife and was killed".

Just because it says it was used for warding off evil spirits does not mean that it meant literal ghouls and ghosts. It could just as easily have meant bad luck.

Actually, many of the cultures that include references to salt and purification don't have much else they could mean by "evil spirits". Evil spirits is an exceptionally clear term, even if what they attributed in the past to evil spirits might well be what we would think of bad luck. An analogy wherein multiple translations casts an event (especially a fictional one) in a different light doesn't mean that salt isn't linked to evil spirits.

A common superstition is that spilling salt can attract evil spirits, thus necessitating throwing a pinch of it over your shoulder to ward them off. To quote a source I found when I did a little reading (because I get bored), "In Buddhist tradition, salt repels evil spirits. That's why it's customary to throw salt over your shoulder before entering your house after a funeral: it scares off any evil spirits that may be clinging to your back."

Stating that Supernatural thought up the link between salt and spirits is simply untrue. It may have instilled it in the public conscience, or represented it in an exaggerated way to aid the narrative, but the link in warding off spirits is there.

supernatural was a show from the WB, a network not renowned for much original content beyond "new and pioneering ways to make fans think two brothers are boning"

They totally are.

(No they're not)

Historically speaking salt does have uses as a religious purifying element. I never argued that, nor did I argue that salt had links to warding off evil/bad luck/curses. What I did argue was that in actual mythology salt unlike holy water never had any form of active offensive abilities against demons or ghosts. It might be used to ward off spirits or purify your house against them (I will say again that the type of spirits this generally referred to were the ones that made your drink go cold or pushed you off a chair rather than the ones that killed you and your entire family). What I was arguing was that the idea off salt have actual offensive properties against in your face demons or ghosts was invented by Supernatural. It has small ties to actual history and myth much like the Mark of Cain that was presented in the show. I never said that there was no link, what I said was that the one most commonly thought of by people and mentioned earlier in the thread (salt will keep ghosts and demons our of your house) was almost solely invented by Supernatural with just enough historical accuracy to make it appear credible. That was the point I was trying to make and will now stop. If you agree with me great. If you don't that's your right. I don't want to argue about it anymore.

I am afraid I do not agree with you, but as you do not want to argue it any more, I suppose that is the end of it.

It occurs to me that Beacon has had an obscene number of drop out and new admits in the first two weeks of the semester.

I am beginning a momentous undertaking that will occupy me greatly in the coming months. My capacity for posting will be diminished somewhat but not destroyed or greatly wounded.

I am beginning a momentous undertaking that will occupy me greatly in the coming months. My capacity for posting will be diminished somewhat but not destroyed or greatly wounded.

Congratulations on your pregnancy. Are you far along enough to know its sex?

I'm still here by the way. I'm just been suffering from writer's block. I guess I'm too late for the combat class though.

So I was playing the newest episode of Tales from the Borderlands and this came up:

i loved the part where cowboy bebop said bang and shot people